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Belayneh Mesfin

Full Name Belayneh Mesfin Ali
Education Attended BSc, Physics, Addis Ababa University, 1985 – 1988

MSc, Solid State Physics, Addis Ababa University, 1986 – 1998

PhD, Solid State Physics, Addis Ababa University, 2008 – 2012
Academic Rank Associate Professor
Working for AAU since 2000
Administrative positions held if any / past and present Chairman, Department of Physics of the Addis Ababa University
Awards (if any) None
Recognitions (if any) None
Membership of international bodies/journals, editorial roles (if any) Associate Editor of the Ethiopian Journal Science (SINET)
Initiatives (if any) None
Address Campus:                                College of Natural Sciences (Arat Kilo)

Building Name:                    Department of Physics

Floor number:                      Second floor

Office room no.:                 263

Office tel.:                             +251-11-239477

Mobile:                                  +251-911-649034

University email ID:            belayneh.mesfin@aau.edu.et

Alternative email:               belaynehmes@yahoo.com
Research interest – not more than hundred words Solid state physics, condensed matter physics, negative refractive index media, solar cells, Luminescence, Low Dimensional Systems.
Publications on reputable journals List of Publications:

1.    Sioma Debela, Belayneh Mesfin, and, Teshome Senbeta, “Surface plasmon resonances in ellipsoidal bimetallic nanoparticles”, Photonics and Nanostructures – Fundamentals and Applications,

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.photonics.2018.11.007  (2018).

2.    Sioma Debela, Belayneh Mesfin, and, Teshome Senbeta, “Plasmon coupled photoluminescence from silver coated silicon quantum dots“, Journal of Luminescence, Vol. 196, 264-269 (2018).

3.    Nebiyu Gemechu, Teshome Senbeta, and Belayneh Mesfin, “Determination of Thermoluminescence kinetic parameters of  Ca3Y2(Si3O9)2 nanophosphor“, The African Review of Physics, Vol. 13, No. 3, 17-24 (2018).

4.    Nebiyu Debelo, Francis Dejene, Kittessa Roro, Teshome Senbeta, Belayneh Mesfin, Louise Mostert, “Enhanced emission and improved crystallinity of KY3F10:Ho3+ thin films grown at high deposition temperature“, Journal of Electronic Materials, Vol. 47, No. 5, 2617-2624 (2018).

5.    N.G. Debelo, T. Senbeta, B. Mesfin, F.B. Dejene, “Synthesis and luminescence properties of Ca3Y2(Si3O9)2xCe3+ nanophosphor“, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics (JMS), Vol. 28, No. 17, 12776-12783 (2017).

6.     N. Gemechu, T. Senbeta, B. Mesfin, V.N. Mal’nev, “Thermoluminescence from Silicon Quantum Dots in the Two Traps – One Recombination Center Model“, Ukrainian Journal of Physics, Vol. 62, No. 2, 140-145 (2017).

7.    L. Tesfaye, B. Mesfin, T. Senbeta, and S. Shewamare, “The Role of Precursor and Reaction Temperature to Produce ZnO nanostructures with Different Geometry”, International Journal of Photonics and Optical Technology (IJPOT), Vol. 2, Iss. 4, pp. 38-42 (2016).

8.    Sioma Debela, Teshome Senbeta, and Belayneh Mesfin, “Plasmon enhanced internal quantum efficiency of CdSe/ZnS quantum dots“, International Journal of Recent Advances in Physics (IJRAP), Vol. 5, No. 2, 17-24 (2016).

9.    N.G. Debelo, F.B. Dejene, V.N. Mal’nev, T. Senbeta, B. Mesfin, and K. Roro, “Effect of Retrapping on Thermoluminescence Peak Intensities of Small Amorphous Silicon Quantum Dots”, ACTA PHYSICA POLONICA A, Vol. 129, No. 3, 362-366 (2016).

10. Abdurahman Ahmed, Vadim N. Mal’nev, and Belayneh Mesfin, “Microwaves in structured metamaterials: slow, superluminal, and backward waves”,  Ukrainian Journal of Physics – Solid Matter, Vol. 61, No. 2, 125-133 (2016).

11. Abduarhman Ahmed, Vadim N. Mal’nev, and Belayneh Mesfin, “Superluminal light attenuated by strong dispersion of complex refractive index“, Chinese Physics B, Vol. 25, No. 2,  027801 (2016).

12. Belayneh Mesfin and Osman Tahah, “Magnetized plasma with ferromagnetic grains as a viable negative refractive index medium“, International Journal of Recent Advances in Physics (IJRAP), Vol. 4, No. 4, 41-48 (2015).
Publications on reputable journals 13. Leta Jule, Vadim Mal’nev, Belayneh Mesfin, Teshome Senbeta, Francis Dejene, and Kittesa Rorro, “Fano-like resonance and scattering in dielectric(core)–metal(shell) composites embedded in active host matrices”, Physica Status Solidi B 252, No. 12, 2707–2713 (2015).

14. Belayneh Mesfin and V. N. Mal’nev, “Slow packets of electromagnetic waves in magnetized plasma with ferrite grains”, Phys. Plasmas, 19, 032101 (2012).

15. Belayneh Mesfin, V. N. Mal’nev, E. V. Martysh, and Yu. G. Rapport, “Waves and negative refraction in magnetized plasma with ferrite grains”, Phys. Plasmas, 17, 112109 (2010).

16. Ulrich Stutenbäumer, Belayneh Mesfin, “Equivalent Model of Monocrystalline, Polycrystalline and Amorphous Silicon Solar Cells”, Renewable Energy 18, 501-512 (1999)

17. Ulrich Stutenbäumer, Belayneh Mesfin, Solomon Beneberu,  “Determination of the Optical Constants and Dielectric Functions of Thin Film a-Si:H Solar Cells”, Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells 57, 49-59, (1999)

18. Ulrich Stutenbäumer, Belayneh Mesfin, “Spectral Dependent Electrical Characteristics of Thin Film a-Si:H Solar Cells”, SINET: Ethiop. J. Sci., 22(2): 175-190 (1999)